List of international goals scored by Robin van Persie

Robin van Persie is a Dutch retired professional footballer, who represented the Netherlands as a striker. He made his debut for his country in June 2005, coming on as a substitute for Ruud van Nistelrooy in a 2–0 victory over Romania.[2] His first international goal came on his next appearance for the Netherlands, scoring the final goal in a 4–0 defeat of Finland in Helsinki during the qualification campaign for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.[2] As of June 2018, van Persie is his country's top scorer with 50 goals in 102 appearances, ahead of Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (42 in 76) and former all-time top scorer Patrick Kluivert (40 in 79).[1] Van Persie made his last appearance for the Netherlands in August 2017 in a 4–0 World Cup qualifier defeat to France.[3]

Robin van Persie scored 50 goals in 102 caps for the Netherlands.[1]

Van Persie has scored two hat-tricks during his international career. In September 2011, he scored four goals in an 11–0 victory against San Marino in a UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying match. He also scored three goals in a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Hungary in an 8–1 win in October 2013.[3] He has also scored twice in a single match on seven occasions.[3] Van Persie has scored more goals against Hungary (six) than any other nation.[3] Twenty of his goals were scored in the Johan Cruyff Arena (formally called the Amsterdam Arena).[3]

Van Persie has scored more goals in friendlies than in any other format, with fifteen. He has scored thirteen goals in qualifying for both the FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship, six in FIFA World Cup finals and three in the UEFA Euro finals.[3]

International goals
Scores and results list the Netherlands' goal tally first.
Key
Indicates goal was scored from a penalty kick
Goal Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref
1 28 June 2005Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland Finland4–04–02006 FIFA World Cup Qualifier[2]
2 1216 June 2006Neckarstadion, Stuttgart, Germany Ivory Coast1–02–12006 FIFA World Cup[4]
3 1516 August 2006Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland Republic of Ireland4–04–0Friendly[5]
4 176 September 2006Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands Belarus1–03–0UEFA Euro 2008 Qualifier[6]
5 2–0
6 187 October 2006Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria Bulgaria1–11–1[7]
7 1911 October 2006Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands Albania1–02–1[8]
8 2613 June 2008Stade de Suisse, Bern, Switzerland France2–04–1UEFA Euro 2008[9]
9 2717 June 2008 Romania2–02–0[10]
10 2920 August 2008Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia Russia1–01–1Friendly[11]
11 3319 November 2008Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands Sweden1–03–1[12]
12 3–1
13 3528 March 2009 Scotland2–03–02010 FIFA World Cup Qualifier[13]
14 395 September 2009De Grolsch Veste, Enschede, Netherlands Japan1–03–0Friendly[14]
15 4226 May 2010Badenova-Stadion, Freiburg, Germany Mexico1–02–1[15]
16 2–0
17 431 June 2010De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands Ghana4–14–1[16]
18 445 June 2010Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands Hungary1–16–1[17]
19 4724 June 2010Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa Cameroon1–02–12010 FIFA World Cup[18]
20 5325 March 2011Ferenc Puskás Stadium, Budapest, Hungary Hungary4–04–0UEFA Euro 2012 Qualifier[19]
21 5429 March 2011Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands Hungary1–05–3[20]
22 572 September 2011Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands San Marino1–011–0[21]
23 6–0
24 7–0
25 9–0
26 6326 May 2012Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands Bulgaria1–01–2Friendly[22]
27 652 June 2012 Northern Ireland1–06–0[23]
28 3–0
29 6713 June 2012Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv, Ukraine Germany1–21–2UEFA Euro 2012[24]
30 697 September 2012Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands Turkey1–02–02014 FIFA World Cup Qualifier[25]
31 7116 October 2012Arena Națională, Bucharest, Romania Romania4–14–1[26]
32 7322 March 2013Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands Estonia2–03–0[27]
33 7426 March 2013 Romania2–04–0[28]
34 3–0
35 7611 June 2013Workers' Stadium, Beijing, China China PR1–02–0Friendly[29]
36 786 September 2013A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia Estonia2–22–22014 FIFA World Cup Qualifier[30]
37 7910 September 2013Estadi Comunal, Andorra la Vella, Andorra Andorra1–02–0[31]
38 2–0
39 8011 October 2013Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands Hungary1–08–1[32]
40 4–0
41 5–1
42 8317 May 2014 Ecuador1–11–1Friendly[33]
43 8431 May 2014De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands Ghana1–01–0[34]
44 8613 June 2014Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador, Brazil Spain1–15–12014 FIFA World Cup[35]
45 4–1
46 8718 June 2014Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre, Brazil Australia2–23–2[36]
47 9112 July 2014Estádio Nacional, Brasília, Brazil Brazil1–03–0[37]
48 9410 October 2014Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands Kazakhstan3–13–1UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifier[38]
49 9616 November 2014 Latvia1–06–0[39]
50 10113 October 2015 Czech Republic2–32–3[40]

Statistics

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